…Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Time for a proper look at the fruiting Malus! fruiting Malus Pampas grass on the islands flowering away. Pampas grass Electric charging points being installed at Porthluney…

…near black agapanthus Malus ‘Pink Glow’, the crab apple with pink fruits, was the best thing on the fruit tree lines in the garden centre itself. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus…

…now full out above the greenhouse. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ First flower out on the garden form of Camellia reticulata above the Aucklandii Garden. Camellia reticulata The Malus have…

…tubiforme Malus toringo subsp. sargentii as a huge mature rounded bush. Malus toringo subsp. sargentii Malus toringo subsp. sargentii Malus toringo subsp. sargentii The view down beside the walled garden….

…garden entrance. A replacement for the malus which died here. Red then pinkish buds opening white in large clusters. We will need three more of these for our malus collection…

…Abies delavayi is nearly as good. Abies delavayi Sorbus alnifolia rather less impressive. Sorbus alnifolia Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ with smallish fruits. Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Sorbus japonica glowing in…

…in the Kitchen Garden. Most of the other Malus are over. Malus coronaria var. dasycalyx ‘Charlottae’ Malus coronaria var. dasycalyx ‘Charlottae’ Sophora davidii was planted in Old Park a year…

…have been here since leaf drop and nothing seems to want to eat them. What a show! Malus x micromalus Malus x micromalus The elderly Daphne bholua on the top…

…water meadows. flooded water meadows More pictures of the completed and staked malus planting. completed and staked malus planting completed and staked malus planting James Norton sends me a picture…

…Berberis wilsoniae? Later than usual to go deciduous. Berberis wilsoniae Good autumn colour and ripe fruits on Malus x prattii at Slip Rail. Malus x prattii Malus x prattii Acacia…

…in the sun. The fruits will stay on the bush until early spring and enlarge a bit more. The birds ignore them. Malus x micromalus Malus x micromalus A rogue…

…and standing out well with no leaves now above the greenhouse. Malus x micromalus Malus x micromalus Ilex latifolia now with ripe red berries which the birds have already been…

…Tin Garden A few more arrivals for the Malus collection. Here is Malus ‘Red Obelisk’. Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ Ilex colchica has arrived from Mallet Court Nursery. A new species for…

…on the top wall slate slabs on the top wall slate slabs on the top wall Malus hupehensis covered in fruits despite only being planted in 2017. Malus hupehensis Malus…

…red as the yellow tints appear. Malus rockii Malus rockii Magnolia x weisneri still in full leaf. Magnolia x weisneri As is Magnolia decidua. Magnolia decidua Ripe fruits on Cotoneaster…

…collection in the Kitchen Garden. A rather better growing season than last year for both the grass and the Malus. The second grass cut of the Malus collection A week…

…Pink’ 2018 – CHW Malus hupehensis is full of small reddish crab apples in only its first year after planting in the Isla Rose Plantation. A quick result! Malus hupehensis…

…seedpods already fully developed. If it had yellowish leaves initially these have long since faded. Acer campestre ‘Postelense’ Malus ‘Comtesse de Paris’ is another striking five year old plant in…

…in the Burncoose catalogue. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ Photinio villosa var. coreana now has massed ripe fruits. We saw the other two forms of P. villosa with berries…

…– a gentle colour Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Achillea ‘Lilac Beauty’ Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ – a good semi double Hibiscus ‘Lavender Chiffon’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ with fruits just turning colour Malus…